Cigarette package holders



May 2, 1961 v. z. ERBsT CIGARETTE PACKAGE HOLDERS Filed March 14, 1960 FIG.

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VELMA Z. ERBST Biff/,6

ATTORNEY of wall 12 (Fig. 3). K

Therear wall 7 of the holder H has on the upper ends of'its edges a pair of Wings 1,6 with knobs (not-shown) j for engaging .a pair of wings 17 on the upper :ends of 2,982,393 l CIGARETrE PACKAGE HOLDERS Velma Z. Erbst, West Grove, Va. (913 Andover Drive,l Westover Alexandria, Va.)

Filed Mar. 14, 1960, ser. No. 14,9so

4 claims. (crans-19.5)

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in cigarette package holders and is designed more particularly to produce a holder adapted to be so mounted in anl automobile as to make the cigarettes in the package carried by thel holder readily extracted from the package by the driver of the automobile. The particularly novel While I haveillustratedinl the drawing and herelnafter fully describe one speciiic embodimentaof my invention it'is toV be distinctly understood that I do not consider my invention to be limited to said embodiment but refer for its scope to the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing: a t Fig. 1 is a fragmentaryelevation of a dashboard of an automobile with an ash tray mounted therein.

United .States Patent Fig.'2 is a vertical section'on the line 2-,7-2 of Fig. 1,

a in the direction of the arrows.V

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the holder. p Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the holder 'with a package of cigarettes placed therein.` l

As shown in the` drawing (Fig. 1) the dashboard AD curved to correspondy with the'dashboard D,a bottom 5 anda rear wall '6. The holder H (Fig. 3) hasa rear It is to be understood that the wings'16 are slightly resilient relative to the rear Wall 7 so as to be adapted to grip the sides of the package P (Fig. 4) when it is inserted into the holder H.

The parts are so dimensioned that when the package P is held in the holder H a cigarette C partially extracted from the package P protrudes above the top of wall 12 to be readily extracted from the package P.

In order to mount the holder H without use of an ash tray, it may have a vacuum. cup V thereon (Fig. 4) for attaching it at any convenient point in the automobile, `or it may have a magnet (not shown) for that purpose.

Having described .the details of construction of my improved holder, I will now describe its use and operation. When the ash tray Tr has been swung on the pintle 2 into open position -from the dashboard D, aspshown in broken lines in Fig. 2, the retainer R of the holder H is swung outwardly into open position, as shownn broken lines in Fig. 4, and the package P having its top removed and at least one cigarette partly extracted therefrom- (Fig. 4), is inserted into the holder H being retained therein by the wings 16. The retainer Ris returned to its position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 thereby retaining the package P in thevholder H. The ,ash tray T is then swung to closed Fig. 2.

It will be particularly noted (Fig. 2)' that when thev driver wishes to extract a. cigarette C from the-package P, the ash tray being opened, the holder H disposes the package P horizontally so that the cigarette can be readily `slid out therefrom. v

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a holder for a package of cigarettes, the combina tion of an ash tray; a hinge onsaid tray for so mounting said tray on the dashboard of anA automobile that the Y holder can be opened 4andV closed; and a frame comprising a rear wall having a flange removably mounted on said tray, a bottom wall, and a front wallfr hinged to said a has a suitable orificel therein "with a bridging pntle-2 on which is pivoted an ash trayT having ears 3 (F1g.*;tir

2) on the pintle 2.` VThe ash tray T has a front wall 4 wall 7 on top of which lis a downwardly turned ange 8 (Fig. 2) of the ash tray T, a bottom 9 and a front Wall 10 extending upwardly from the bottom 9, with side wings 11 at the ends of and normal to the walls 10.

y adapted to engage the upper Vedge of the rear wall 6 Y The holder H has a retainer R'with a front wall 12 and Y the side waus 13,' in sockets 11 a. y

bottom wall, with means for clamping against said rear wall a package of cigarettesmounted on said bottom wall. l 4

2. A holder, `according to claim 1, in which said rear wall of said frame has a pair of resilient wings for gripping a package of cigarettes. Y

` -3`. A holder, accordingto claim l, in which said rear f wally of said frame has a pair of resilient wings for gripping a 'package' of cigarettes, andV said front wall has a v4pair of wings adapted to removably engage saidl rear wall wings.

-4. A holder, according to claim l, in which said tray is so mounted on said dashboard as to disposesaidpackage horizontally when said holder is opened.

References Cited in the tile of this patent vKurland T- ae Mar.. .4, '.1958

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